Derek Thompson
Writer @TheAtlantic. "Plain English" podcast host @Ringer. Forthcoming book about abundance.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Derek Thompson
Trump’s tariff plan looks like an abject disaster for America, even judged against the benchmarks the administration has set for itself. Imagine this: One day on a walk in your neighborhood, you see several men in construction gear. “What are you guys up to?” you ask. “We’re rebuilding this dilapidated house!” the group’s leader responds. “It used to be beautiful, but the previous owners let it fall into disrepair.”Admittedly, the home has been an eyesore for years.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Derek Thompson
Imagine this: One day on a walk in your neighborhood, you see several men in construction gear. “What are you guys up to?” you ask. “We’re rebuilding this dilapidated house!” the group’s leader responds. “It used to be beautiful, but the previous owners let it fall into disrepair.”Admittedly, the home has been an eyesore for years. But as you watch the contractors at work, confusion and alarm set in. One guy is hauling furniture out of the living room and setting it on fire in the driveway.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Derek Thompson
The policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Derek Thompson
The policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality. Yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump celebrated America’s so-called Liberation Day by announcing a slew of tariffs on dozens of countries. His plan, if fully implemented, will return the United States to the highest tariff …
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Derek Thompson
Is the U.S. in a second Gilded Age? Many in the news media seem to think so: You’ll find the claim in The New Yorker, NPR, Politico, and these pages. The White House, for its part, seems to think that would be a good thing: “We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913,” Donald Trump said days into his second presidential term, a period that covers—that’s right—the Gilded Age. Although the claim was factually lacking, it was politically prophetic.
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A very good thread with a very good conclusion.
In practice, one of the major signatures of the "neoliberal" era has not been deregulation of the market at all it's been the extension of very strict regulatory oversight *to the state itself* — the DOB telling DCPS they can't work overnight. https://t.co/az8InQmL9V
RT @ModeledBehavior: In my review of Abundance today, I argue that it isn't just vibes, but the ideas of the book prescribe very particular…
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